Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Consort of the Netherlands

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February 01, 2015, 07:50:50 AM
Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Consort of the Netherlands | Unofficial Royalty
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Prince Hendrik was the husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and thus far, is the longest serving Dutch consort. Heinrich Wladimir Albrecht Ernst was born on April 19, 1876 in Schwerin in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, now in Germany.  He was the youngest of the four children of Friedrich Franz II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg and his third wife Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.  Heinrich had seven half siblings, five of which survived to adulthood.  Among his half siblings were Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, father of Alexandrine, Queen of Denmark and Cecile, last Crown Princess of Prussia and Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (Maria Pavlovna of Russia) who  married Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. Their son Cyril became pretender to the Russian throne after the assassination of his cousin Nicholas II of Russia.

When Heinrich was seven years old, his father died. After finishing his secondary education in Dresden, he traveled to Greece and the British colonies of India and Ceylon.  He then joined the Prussian Army and served as a first lieutenant in the Garde-Jäger-Bataillon  in Potsdam, Prussia.

In 1900, Heinrich and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands were introduced by their mothers. After spending part of the summer together, the two became engaged on October 16, 1900.  The wedding preparations were overshadowed by the deaths of Wilhelmina's uncle Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach on January 5, 1901 and Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on January 22, 1901.
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December 31, 2018, 07:09:45 PM
When the ferry boat Berlin sunk at the Hoek van Holland in 1907, Prince Hendrik won much appreciation for visiting the rescuers and salvage workers who pulled up the drowned people.     
 
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